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Radnitz: It’s hard for Azerbaijan to get a face-saving compromise when they say they won’t stop short of recovering all occupied territories

  • October 12, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Live Science) Since the end of September, hundreds of soldiers and civilians are thought to have been killed in a rapidly developing conflict between the rival Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan. …
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Why conspiracy theories spread faster than coronavirus

  • March 4, 2020
  • Scott Radnitz
(The Guardian) Did the virus originate in a US weapons lab, or is it a plot to destabilise Iran? The ‘infection’ of social media by these stories is a deliberate strategy.…
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Where else do leaders do what Trump is accused of? Start with Russia.

  • October 3, 2019
  • Scott Radnitz
(Monkey Cage blog) The House of Representatives is investigating President Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine’s government to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, one of Trump’s potential rivals in the 2020 presidential…
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The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region

  • November 16, 2018
  • Scott Radnitz
(PONARS Policy Memo) For much of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, and especially since the 2011-12 Bolotnaya demonstrations, the Kremlin has claimed that Russia is threatened by internal enemies. Various actors have been…
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If Putin has kompromat on Trump, how might he use it?

  • April 24, 2018
  • Scott Radnitz
(WP) Imagine for one moment you are Vladimir Putin. Sitting on the desk in front of you is a file labeled “Trump, Donald.” Inside is a stack of documents your spy…
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Radnitz: To expel 60 diplomats and to close a consulate is actually a pretty surprisingly large response from the US

  • March 28, 2018
  • PONARS Eurasia
(MyNorthwest) When the Trump administration on Monday said the Russian Consulate in Seattle would close along with the expulsion of its staff, experts on the two countries’ perpetually tense relationship immediately…
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Who Cares about Conspiracy Theories? Evidence From a New Survey in Georgia and Kazakhstan

  • December 20, 2017
  • Scott Radnitz
(PONARS Policy Memo) Since the Ukraine crisis, political commentators have remarked on the chasm of understanding of events in the post-Soviet region, depending on whether one is consuming news in the…
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Radnitz: The Uzbek government saw Islam as a threat to the regime and was happy to help repress its opponents

  • November 3, 2017
  • PONARS Eurasia
(NBC4) The suspect in yesterday's terrorist attack in New York City that left eight people dead and at least a dozen injured came to the United States from Uzbekistan, but the…
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Trump and Russia: Putin the Pieces Together (Lecture)

  • May 23, 2017
  • Scott Radnitz
(University of Washington) The presidency of Donald Trump has vast implications for international affairs and even the internal politics of other countries — it could lead to geopolitical realignments on a…
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Passing Central Asian Power Batons: What Can We Expect? | Omelicheva, Radnitz, Juraev (Part 1 of 2)

  • March 19, 2017
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The presidential succession in Uzbekistan following the death of Islam Karimov in September 2016 has rejuvenated discussion about the nature and future of Central Asia’s political regimes. Uzbekistan’s new president,…
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